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Clearwater Annual Gathering 2008
All Hands on Deck! Annual Membership Meeting Sunday, September 28th - 9am to 5pm Save the Date. Hudson River Sloop Clearwater will hold its Annual Membership Meeting at 724 Wolcott Ave, Beacon, NY, the former University Settlement Beacon Campus on Route 9D in Beacon (3 miles south of the Beacon Train Station). A shuttle will be provided from the Beacon Train Station for rail commuters.  Press ReleaseRSVP - Although this event is free and open to the public, Clearwater requests that those planning to attend RSVP by by phone or email to: Adrienne Pettit at 845-454 7673 x101 or office@clearwater.org We’re also looking for hardy souls willing to lend a hand to make this year’s Annual Membership Meeting a memorable and effective event that will help our organization catch the wind! For more information about the annual gathering or how you can help, contact Mel at Click here to join or renew your Clearwater membership. Agenda Agenda Details
Ballots Voting for the Clearwater Board of Directors: Ballots are in a separate mailer, 11x17 folded in four. Vote by mail or bring your ballot to the meeting by 1pm Sunday September 28th. Volunteers are needed to help count votes in teams at the meeting. Training is provided that day. Judges of the Election are members appointed by the board to count the ballots and certify the election on September 28th. Interested members can contact the Judges of the Election c/o Suzy Schwimmer sschwimmer@verizon.net or Directors and CandidatesDirections Hudson River Sloop Clearwater will hold its Annual Membership Meeting at the University Settlement Beacon Campus on Route 9D in Beacon, New York, 60 miles north of New York City (3 miles south of the Beacon Train Station). Click here for directions from Google Maps. By Train: A shuttle will be provided from the Beacon Train Station. The shuttle will pick up at the Beacon Sloop Club building. As you stand on the platform facing the river it is the small building with a stone chimney in the front and a Norway spruce evergreen tree growing through the roof. From NYC: GW Bridge (upper deck) to Palisades Parkway north to Bear Mountain Bridge. Left turn after crossing bridge onto 9D north. Follow 9D north for just under 17 miles (2+ miles past Dutchess Manor Catering and one half mile past the City of Beacon sign). The Campus is on your right. From Points West and East: Route 84 to Beacon-Newburgh bridge to 9D south. The Beacon Campus is 2.6 miles ahead on the left (look for signs). From the North: Taconic Parkway to route 84 west to 9D south. The Beacon Campus is 2.6 miles ahead on the left (look for signs). From Westchester (and New York City): Taconic Parkway north to route 301 west. Take 301 into Cold Spring. Turn right (north) onto route 9D, and go approximately 6 miles (2+ miles past Dutchess Manor Catering and one half mile past the City of Beacon sign). The Beacon Campus is on the right. You will first see signs for University Settlement/Theater. Go past that driveway and proceed an additional quarter mile to the University Settlement/Camp Main Entrance. The camp entrance will be marked with flags of the Clearwater sloop. Local AccommodationsPotluck Wish ListThere will be breakfast, lunch, snacks throughout the day, cake just before 5pm and dinner for the crew after breakdown. Ann Roemmele, Bill Chestnut and John McLaughlin are coordinating hospitality- provisions, supplies, potluck, and volunteers for the dining hall and lunch/snacks for the volunteers at the waterfront. You are invited to work with us before, during, and after the event. Teams are needed in shifts early that morning through breakdown.
Contact Bill Chestnut at 914-603-3383 or 914-469-3072 (cell). Reports Each year for the annual membership meeting Clearwater Board of Directors, Chartered Sloop Clubs and Staff prepare an annual written report about their committee, club or department. We look back at the year in review and look forward to the future. This year we included 100 word summaries from the sloop clubs with your ballot. Next year summaries from departments and committees will also be sent with your ballot. Reports will not be read at the meeting. We offer them for your review before the meeting and invite you to come September 28th with questions.
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